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He begins his attack with smaller provocations: In "A Reading Against Shakespeare," for instance, he uses Wittgenstein's stated reservations about the Bard to test some of our dearest assumptions about this mythic figure.
The legacy of the Cold War, the hatred of Castro among Cuban emigrants, provocations like the shoot-down of "Brothers to the Rescue" planes over international waters (along with Castro's belief that he is strengthened by confrontation with the United States) have brought us to this point, where American politicians are comfortable with one set of principles for the Caribbean and another for the Pacific.
"GOP Picks a Budget Fight," announced the Post , citing the Republicans' "deliberate provocations" and "confrontation strategy."
Furthermore, he can always moot the allies' self-defense argument by ceasing his provocations.
In this sober, incisive, and riveting book, a well-documented history rather than a novelistic evocation of the man himself, Roudinesco cannot conceal her dismay that Lacan was not better behaved, more temperate in his appetites, less baroque in his provocations.